BARCELOS. Sporting CP defeats Gil Vicente 4-0 after playing a incredible match. Trincão (7′), Ousmane Diomande (11′), Trincão (31′) and Andrew (38′ own). Sporting CP took advantage of its better ball possession (57%).

The match was played at the Estádio Cidade de Barcelos stadium in Barcelos on Friday and it started at 8:15 pm local time. The referee was Manuel António Rodrigues Oliveira with the support of Carlos Campos and Hugo Daniel Tavares dos Santos. The 4th official was Márcio André Dias Torres. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 24.96 degrees Celsius or 76.93 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 77%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Sporting CP had a strong ball possession 57% while Gil Vicente was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Sporting CP had a more offensive attitude with 66 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Sporting CP won the encounter.​

Gil Vicente shot 7 times, 1 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, Sporting CP shot 18 times, 7 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Gil Vicente received 2 yellow cards (Maxime Dominguez and Kiko ). Regarding the opposition, Sporting CP didn’t receive any yellow card.

Standings

After this contest, Gil Vicente stays with 28 points to remain in the 14th place. Talking about the opposition, Sporting CP will has 74 points to sit in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Liga Portugal, Gil Vicente will play away against Moreirense on the 21st of April with a 6-1 head to head statistic in favor of Moreirense (6 draws).

Sporting CP will play away against Famalicão on the 3rd of February with a 8-2 head to head in favor of Sporting CP (3 draws).

Gil Vicente – Formation

Gil Vicente started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Vítor Fernando de Carvalho Campelos decided to play with the following team: Andrew (6.6), Zé Carlos  (6.8), Gabriel Pereira (6.1), Rúben Fernandes  (6.3), Kiko  (6.0), Mory Gbane (6.8), Pedro Tiba (6.4), Maxime Dominguez (6.6), Martim Neto (5.7), Murilo de Souza (6.4) and Depú (6.6).

The home team had on the bench: Kanya Fujimoto (7.0), Leonardo Buta (6.7), Alex Pinto, Félix Correia (7.5), Ali Alipour (6.8), Brian Araújo, R. Wilson, Jonathan Buatu and Miro (6.4).

Substitutions

Gil Vicente made 5 changes: Pedro Tiba for Ali Alipour (46′), Murilo de Souza for Félix Correia (46′), Martim Neto for Kanya Fujimoto (46′), Kiko  for Leonardo Buta (61′) and Maxime Dominguez for Valdemiro Pinto Domingos (73′).

Player of the match: Félix Correia​

The player that probably impressed the most for Gil Vicente was Félix Correia.

His rating is 7.5 with 25 passes (92% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 2 duels out of 5. He performed 5 crosses.

His performance was fantastic also because he started the encounter from the bench before entering in the 46′.

Sporting CP – Formation

Sporting CP started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

Ruben Filipe Marques Amorim played with: Matheus Reis, Morten Hjulmand, Franco Israel (7.0), Eduardo Quaresma (7.5), Ousmane Diomande (8.1), Gonçalo Inácio (7.3), Geny Catamo (6.7), Hidemasa Morita (8.4), Daniel Bragança (7.9), Ricardo Esgaio (7.7) and Trincão (8.9), Viktor Gyökeres (7.5), Pedro Gonçalves  (8.1).

They had on the bench: Jerry St. Juste, Sebastián Coates  (7.0), Marcus Edwards  (7.0), Luís Neto, Paulinho (6.6), Iván Fresneda (6.8), Rafael Pontelo, Diogo Pinto and Koba Koindredi (7.0).

Substitutions

Sporting CP made 5 changes: Daniel Bragança for Koba Koindredi (78′), Pedro Gonçalves  for Sebastián Coates  (61′), Gonçalo Inácio for Marcus Edwards  (62′), Geny Catamo for Iván Fresneda (70′) and Trincão for Paulinho (70′).

Player of the match: Trincão​

The player that probably impressed the most for Sporting CP was Trincão.

His rating is 8.9 with 2 goals, 25 passes (71% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 3 duels out of 6. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Liga Portugal.​

• Gil Vicente – Sporting CP – 0-4